Focus (Forum & Focus)
Apr. 15, 2008
Fee-Falling
Focus Column - By Ken Moscaret - Some policyholder coverage litigators are unaware that Brandt fee awards depend on whether plaintiff's counsel worked on an hourly or contingency fee basis, Ken Moscaret writes.
By Ken Moscaret
This article appears on Page 7
Every policyholder coverage litigator in California knows that a policyholder is entitled to recover some attorney fees under Brandt v. Superior Court, 37 Cal.3d 813 (1985), after winning a "bad faith" lawsuit against an insurance carrier. What they may not realize, though, is that since Cassim v. Allstate Insurance Co., 33 Cal.4...
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